Tuesday, June 16, 2009

I wonder...

I wonder why Somerset Maugham always gets judged by his worst works.

I wonder why the literary world is blind towards brilliance.

I wonder why the only Somerset Maugham book available in a fancy bookstore is always 'The Razor's Edge'.

I wonder why everyone's trying to force-feed it to us, when our tastes have already been defined by 'The Fall of Edward Barnard'.

I wonder why Edmund Wilson and the American world is trying to dismiss Maugham as "mediocre".

I wonder why Somerset Maugham has such a low reputation in Britain.

I wonder...

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